Bus ban on Tallah bridge to stay

Buses and minibuses will not ply on the Tallah bridge as no one from the various agencies, which ran a health check on the structure, agreed to allow them on it.

At two separate meetings in Nabanna on Tuesday, engineers from consultancy firm RITES, railways and the PWD said the “frail structure” could not bear the load of any vehicle weighing more than three tonnes and that any additional load could “prove disastrous”.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee then declared that the ban on the movement of heavy vehicles on the bridge would continue, brushing aside a police suggestion to allow buses and minibuses during the puja.

The ban will remain in force till October 12.